hocus-pocus
Example Sentences
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The happy resolution is earned by more than hocus-pocus.
From Los Angeles Times
When Becky isn’t dealing with the repercussions of using hocus-pocus to fix her life, she’s conversing with her dead daughter or stepping into Rebecca’s memories.
From New York Times
The idea was to dismantle the hocus-pocus of concert dance, and in her early work, Tharp came on stern like her Judson elders.
From New York Times
Salesforce deployed 14 tax subsidiaries scattered from Singapore to Switzerland, moving its money and assets around in a masterful display of accounting hocus-pocus that made its taxable income vanish.
From New York Times
Even up close, it was impossible to tell whether it was all sleight of hand or real hocus-pocus.
From Washington Post
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